Chanticleer
Tim Keeler, Music Director
“The singing of Chanticleer is breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color and swagger of style.”
— The Boston Globe
STUDENT ($10) and EDUCATOR ($15) RUSH available 48 hours prior to performance.
6:30PM — Pre-Concert Talk with Dr. Paul Laird
Music for a Hidden Chapel
William BYRD (c.1540-1623): Kyrie from ‘Mass for Four Voices’
Thomas TALLIS (1505-1585): Oh Lord, in Thee is all my trust
William BYRD: Vigilate
William BYRD: Ne irascaris Domine – Civitas sancti tui
Thomas WEELKES (1576–1623): Hosanna to the son of David
William BYRD: Haec Dies
William BYRD: Gloria from ‘Mass for Four Voices’
William BYRD: Sing joyfully
Thomas MORLEY (1557–1602): Miraculous love’s wounding
Thomas TOMKINS (1572–1656): Too much I once lamented
William BYRD: O Lord, make thy servant Elizabeth
William BYRD: Agnus Dei from ‘Mass for Four Voices’
We mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Byrd, one of the most celebrated masters of the Renaissance. As a Catholic composer writing for a Protestant Queen, Byrd’s music tip-toes the line between submission and defiance. Join us for a concert full of meditative chant and soaring polyphony exploring works by Byrd and his contemporaries Thomas Weelkes, Thomas Morley and Thomas Tallis.
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The GRAMMY Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has been hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker, and is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.
Chanticleer’s repertoire is rooted in the renaissance, and has continued to expand to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, and a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements. The ensemble has committed much of its vast recording catalogue to these commissions, garnering GRAMMY® Awards for its recording of Sir John Tavener’s “Lamentations & Praises”, and the ambitious collection of commissioned works entitled “Colors of Love”. Chanticleer is the recipient of the Dale Warland/Chorus America Commissioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, and its Music Director Emeritus Joseph H. Jennings received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his contribution to the African-American choral tradition during his tenure with Chanticleer.
Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer continues to maintain ambitious programming in its hometown of San Francisco, including a large education and outreach program that recently reached over 8,000 people, and an annual concert series that includes its legendary holiday tradition “A Chanticleer Christmas.”
Presenting Underwriters: Jennifer & Bud Bacon.
Supporting Underwriters: Dwight and Naomi Arn.